SOA for Executives Training

Chapter 1. SOA Fundamentals

• Defining Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Putting SOA in Context
• SOA As an Alignment Strategy
• The SOA Umbrella
• What’s a Service?
• Service Actors
• Serving Up SOA
• Business Process Management
• BPM & Workflow
• SOA Governance
• SOA Governance Model
• SOA Job Role Impact
• Before SOA
• SOA Re-Organization
• What Makes a Good Design?
• Is SOA a New Concept?
• Service Orienting the Enterprise
• Service Oriented Thinking
• SOA Is Perfect…NOT!
• Service Characteristics
• When Do I Need a Service?
• About Services in SOA
• Contract-Driven Software
• SOA Standards
• Summary

Chapter 2. SOA Case Study

• What is a Case Study?
• Case Study Background
• Additional Background
• The Problem Statement
• Status Quo Issues
• Status Quo Issues (continued)
• Opportunities
• How Can SOA Help?
• Example Solution Snippet
• Summary

Chapter 3. SOA Value Proposition

• The SOA Value Proposition
• Reducing Integration Expense
• Integration Costs Illustration
• Ripple Effect of Changes
• The Value of Service Layering
• Advantage of SOA Layering
• Increasing Asset Reuse
• SOA Economics/ROI
• Asset Reuse Illustration
• Service Reuse v. Object Reuse
• Increasing Business Agility
• Business Agility Illustration
• Traditional EAI Approach
• Problems with Traditional EAI Approach
• Change Flow Using Legacy Approach
• SOA Agility
• Build the Services
• Build the Process or Message Flow
• We Can Easily Change the Process
• Reducing Business Risk
• Example: Compliance Using SOA
• Business Advantages
• ROI Quantification Hurdles
• Real World SOA Example - Sears Canada
• Real World SOA Example - BlueStar Energy
• Real World SOA Example - Reliance Life Insurance
• Real World SOA Example - Harley-Davidson
• Summary